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Hello guys, my current build is:

PC Specs:
CASE: Corsair Spec-M2 microATX
MOBO: GigaByte GA-B85M-DS3H
RAM: 2x8gb HyperX Fury 1866Mhz
PSU: Aerocool 600W KCAS 80+ Bronze
SSD: 120 GB ADATA
HDD: 2TB HDD Seagate Barracuda
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 3.7Ghz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming
Cooling: 5 Eagle Warrior cheap Blue led Fans

The thing is that my old motherboard (GA-B85M) shorten and died 1 week ago, and i ordered on internet a new mother board, the most expensive one, just to be fancy, i ordered a Gigabyte z97MX Gaming 5, the best chipset i could get on a 1150 socket :(

And i know a good way was to upgrade my socket, my cpu and ram sticks to 1151, and ddr4 but i feel that my cpu was more than fast for even considering upgrading the whole build, and its pretty expensive too. I think ill be good for 2-3 more years with this rig. i would like to hear your opinions too.

The real question is.... i dont like overclocking because i think that it reduces the lifetime of hardware, and im wondering if someone really knows if after i just build it, and plug my ram sticks, they will be running at 1866mhz or do i have to do some configuration on BIOS to over clock it to make it push them to that speed?

On Kingston website they claim that their ram sticks over clock by them selves when they can. so im not sure, if i have to do something or just plug them in and enjoy those +266mhz on each ram (i know they are meaningless, and not noticeable, but you know... u want as much as u can)


I have read that u have to enable XMP profile, but these cards on particular are PnP and they are like plug and play and they will overclock by their own, im not sure.... i need someone that can light me up

Do you guys think that im gonna have some kind of problems, or not? i really need your opinion on this one.
 
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By default the ram will run at DDR3 1600 speeds. Since the ram is not XMP you will have to manual set the speed and timings in the bios to get their rated speed.
The only worrying thing I see in your specs is the PSU, it's a very poor quality unit. It's made by Andyson who is one of the worst manufactures in the business. They are unreliable, can be unstable to the point of damaging other parts when they fail or go out of spec. A good quality PSU is cheap insurance for the health of the system.
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By default the ram will run at DDR3 1600 speeds. Since the ram is not XMP you will have to manual set the speed and timings in the bios to get their rated speed.
The only worrying thing I see in your specs is the PSU, it's a very poor quality unit. It's made by Andyson who is one of the worst manufactures in the business. They are unreliable, can be unstable to the point of damaging other parts when they fail or go out of spec. A good quality PSU is cheap insurance for the health of the system.
 
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FYI, while you were on your older motherboard, your rams were running at 1600MHz effectively. The additional frequency wasn't tapped into by your system. With your new board, without enabling XMP or tweaking the BIOS's memory timings+frequency, the rams will run at DDR3-1600 as stated by bignastyid.

And no, you're going to be just fine ;) save for that PSU though.
 
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Do you think a CX500M Corsair would be better?
 
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It's a better unit but not by much. It has a low temp threshold and poor quality capacitors and has a tendency to fail early. The newer CX450M, 550m and 650m are better units than the older versions.
 
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Thanks, should i buy one of those new versions? or what do you recomend me? Like the most value/dollar and cheap psu?

I can get a cx750M is that a new model or not?



Thanks for ur help.
 
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I really appreciate your help. I Just orderered a CX550M gray label. Am i gonna be okay with it? Is it good insurance for my pc components? And last question, am i gonna be good with the wattage?

And last question, is it a good upgrade from my previous PSU (AeroCool KCAS) to this CX550M?
Thanks for all your help.
 
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The CX550m is a decent PSU and is a good upgrade from that Aerocool.
 
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Thanks for all your help, i ordered the CX550M Corsair Version on Amazon but i received the CX550 instead (not the modular) but it is the gray logo... should i keep it? Is this the newer version?
 
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That's a new release(didn't even know they were for sale yet) with no professional reviews so I don't know if it's any good or not but being as it's made by Great Wall, my money would be on it not being very good. But even if it's like the older not so good CXs it will still be better than the Aerocool.

If it were me I'd contact Amazon so you can get the unit you ordered/paid for.
 
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